By Staff
The Dowagiac boys' basketball staff will be heading up a boys basketball camp.
Due to conflicts, the camp will be moved back one week.
Program participants will be divided into teams and play six league games. There will be a third/fourth grade league and a fifth/sixth grade league.
This league will not only be designed to play games but to also learn the fundamentals of the game.
Coach Greg Blomgren and his staff will spend 30-40 minutes at the beginning of each session teaching players a new skill before they play their league game.
The league will begin Oct. 28. All dates are on Tuesday and Thursday for three consecutive weeks. Other dates are Oct. 30, along with Nov. 4, Nov. 6, Nov. 11 and Nov. 13.
Session times are 5-6 p.m. for third and fourth graders, and 6-7 p.m. fifth and sixth graders.
The games will be held at Southwestern Michigan College's Zollar Sports Center.
The cost is $15 per player. Fee includes a T-shirt.
Deadline for registering is Oct. 24. Registration forms are available at the elementary schools.
For more information contact Blomgren at 684-4572 (home) or 782-4432 (work).
Advertising warning
The Dowagiac Athletic Department has issued a warning to area businesses.
Apparently two companies are soliciting ads for Dowagiac High School sports calendars.
Dowagiac only deals with Athletic World Advertising. Anyone else claiming to be representing the athletic department is not telling the truth.
Anyone having questions should call the athletic department immediately at 782-4470.
JV soccer defeated
The Dowagiac junior varsity soccer team dropped a 3-2 decision to visiting Kalamazoo Hackett Wednesday afternoon.
The match was scoreless through the first half.
Hackett scored two minutes into the second half, and again in the 43rd minute, to take a 2-0 lead.
Dowagiac made some position changes and rallied to tie the score at 2-2 with goals from Tim Pletz.
Pletz scored his first career goal in the 59th minute with an assist from Dean Ray.
Pletz then scored again two minutes later to tie the match.
Hackett scored the game-winner with two minutes left in the contest.
Dowagiac finished with 10 shots on goal, while Hackett had seven shots on goal.
Dowagiac, 4-5-2, finished with three saves.
The Chieftains return to action today when they host Battle Creek Central in the Big-16 Conference tournament.
Dowagiac's varsity squad will also host Battle Creek Central today at 4 p.m. in the Big-16 tournament.
Battle Creek knocked off Marshall on Tuesday, 1-0.